Read the following statements, do any ring a bell of do you have a few you can add to the list?

 

1. Because I’ve kept to my diet so well today that this can’t possibly make me put on any weight.

2. Because I haven’t kept to my diet at all today so I might just as well eat this.

3. Because I’m far too miserable at the moment to worry about a little thing like being overweight.

4. Because I’m far too happy at the moment to care about being overweight.

5. Because it would be much better to start slimming properly on Monday.

6. Because Monday morning is so ghastly I must eat to take my mind off it.

7. Because my husband says he prefers plump women.

8. Because my husband never notices what I look like anyway.

9. Because this cold weather means you need more calories just to keep warm.

10. Because this hot weather means you lose weight just by perspiring.

11. Because I walked instead of going by bus and used up lots of calories.

12. Because I need something to calm my nerves after that awful bus ride.

13. Because I got up late and missed breakfast so I can eat more now.

14. Because I got up early so I’ll be really weak and tired if I don’t eat now.

15. Because the experts say its wrong to follow crash diets. You must adjust your usual eating habits and I usually eat this.

16. Because I only eat this once in a blue moon and surely I deserve a treat occasionally?

17. Because eating this will save money by reducing my appetite for the next meal.

18. Because not eating this would be a waste of money. I can’t afford to throw good food away.

19. Because I’ve never bought this before so I must try a little of it.

20. Because I’m going to finish this up and then never buy it again.

21. Because this restaurant is so expensive I couldn’t just eat lettuce here.

22. Because this restaurant is so cheap it would be a shame to miss the chance of a good blow-out.

23. Because it would be rude to my hostess not to eat this after she’s slaved for hours in the kitchen.

24. Because after I’ve slaved for hours in the kitchen I must at least taste it to see if its all right.

25. Because overweight is really just a matter of luck. You can’t help your metabolism and in a few year’s time they’ll have a pill to make us all slim.

26. Because I’m a self-indulgent, weak-willed, unambitious, self-satisfied, overfed, greedy defeatist PIG!!!

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May we respectfully suggest that you pin this on the wall, and when you think of your next, very own, highly original excuse you write it in the space provided. This could prove highly therapeutic!